Purchasing Manager
New Jersey (USA)
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Post Date: 10/28/09 Company: Global Executive Solutions Group
Compensation: not given Contact: Michele Hubbard
Job Type: Full Time Phone: 330.666.3354
Education: 4 year degree Fax: 330-666-5655
Experience: 5 - 10 years Mailing Address: 3505 Embassy Parkway, Suite 200
Fairlawn, OH United States
44333
Travel: 25%
Reference: 5270

Job Description:
Reporting to the Director of Procurement for a leading specialty pharmaceutical company currently focused on the women's healthcare and dermatology segments of the U.S. pharmaceutical market, a fully integrated company with internal resources dedicated to the development, manufacturing and promotion of products. Responsible for Developing, monitoring and implementing purchasing policies, practices and strategies as required by business needs, supports and promotes continuous improvement projects, including process and materials improvement options and establishing Purchasing Performance Goals for metrics such as Purchase Price Variance and Supplier Performance and monitors performance. Will coordinate with Quality Assurance for the Supplier Audit Program, ensuring reliable and compliant suppliers are utilized for sourcing. Will ensure that contractors closely adhere to Regulatory, Financial, S&E, Security and Insurance policies and develop alternate sources of services and supply, to provide best pricing and reliability to business needs. Challenge is to develop long-range objectives to meet the immediate needs of a growing company.

Job Requirements:
Background Required:
• Procurement or Purchasing Pharmaceutical or Medical Device Role (8 years)
• Direct sourcing of operational supplies and services
• Direct spend/budget responsibility
• ERP system understanding of purchasing and planning
• Apply strategic concepts (i.e. cost management, supply chain partner selection, purchasing task development, quality initiatives)
• Education: Bachelor Degree
• Location: Northern New Jersey (Ability to commute)

Background Preferred (but not required):
• SAP
• Six Sigma: Green or Black Belt
• Education: MS, PHD or MBA

Other Essential Abilities and Skills:
• Self-starting decision maker
• Pragmatic, organized and methodical
• Demonstrates achievement of goals and objectives
• Strong written and verbal communication at all levels
• Excellent negotiation and consensus building skills
• Motivates & builds high performance teams

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